Editoryal v9.2

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Dear Reader, We take great pleasure in welcoming you to the new issue of our ELT Research Journal with seven high quality research papers. We hope this journal make it possible for us all to be directly involved in ongoing knowledge construction in our field. ELT Research journal is independent of corporate demands and the overlay of profit-making and profit-taking and we can therefore invite you to be full participants in the creative process that we are undertaking together. Our vision is to create a high-quality publication that will be relevant, challenging and inclusive of a diverse range of voices and perspectives, including academic researchers, graduate students, scholars and teachers in ELT world. We are extremely pleased that the editors of our journal - Prof. Dr. Gonca Yangın Ekşi, Gazi University’s Department of English Language Education and Prof. Dr. Meltem Huri Baturay, Atılım University’s School of Foreign Languages - have spent great effort and energy in the preparation of the journal for publication Here I also would like to express my special thanks to the team members of the journal - co-editors, Dr. Kadriye Aksoy and Orçin Karadağ, who follow the review process, Ahmet Özdemir who designs website and electronic publication of our journal, Language Editor Sezen Balaban, (APA) editor, Ömer Gökhan Ulum, the editorial board members, reviewers, and finally we would like to express our gratitude to all the contributors who create the essence of this journal with their precious work. We are also very grateful to you for your joining us as readers in this issue and hope you will also be one of the contributors in the next issues. Prof. Dr. Dinçay KÖKSAL Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Gonca YANGIN EKŞİ Associate Editor Prof. Dr. Meltem Huri BATURAY Associate Editor [en]